The Application of Computer-Aided Translation Technology in the Translation Teaching and Research

Abstract:

Due importance has not yet been attached to the application of computer-aided translation (CAT) in the teaching activities in the institutes of higher learning in China. With the differentiation of machine translation and computer-aided translation, this paper tries to clarify the process involved in CAT and illustrate what is expected to be improved within the field of the research of computer-aided translation. It is pointed out in this paper that much effort is required to be made to combine the teaching of translation with computer-aided translation in a scientific way, with the training of computer-aided translation technology taking up its due position in the curriculum of the institutes of higher learning in an effort to facilitate the development of market-oriented and vocation-oriented talents of foreign language and translation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 422)
• Pages: 255-259
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.422.255
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Zheng Li*, Ming Tao Xia
• Keywords: Computer-Aided Translation, Machine Translation, Research, Translation Memory, Translation Teaching

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